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Uganda court sentences man to death for killing four children at nursery 

30 April 2026

News|Child Rights A Ugandan court has sentenced a man to death for killing four children at a nursery school, in the cap...

US Congress passes bill to resume funding for DHS and end partial shutdown 

30 April 2026

News|Police The United States House of Representatives has passed a Senate-approved bill to resume funding for the Depar...

RSF condemns ‘kidnapping’ of three journalists on board Gaza aid flotilla 

30 April 2026

Reporters without Borders (known by its French acronym RSF) has condemned Israel for “kidnapping” three journalists ...

Israel rights group petitions top court to order release of 14 Gaza doctors 

30 April 2026

News|Gaza An Israeli human rights organisation has petitioned the Supreme Court to demand the immediate release of 14 do...

Myanmar’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi moved to house arrest 

30 April 2026

Myanmar’s ⁠former leader Aung San ⁠Suu Kyi ⁠has been moved to house ‌arrest, state media report, more than fiv...

Mexico’s Sheinbaum questions US claims of drug ties to Sinaloa governor 

30 April 2026

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has cast doubt on accusations by the United States that Sinaloa Governor Ruben Rocha...

US falls to ‘historic low’ in press freedom tracker: RSF 

30 April 2026

The United States has fallen to a “historic low” in the Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF), or Reporters Without Border...

Trump slams Germany’s Merz again as rift over Iran war widens 

30 April 2026

President Donald Trump has renewed his attacks on German Chancellor Friedrich Merz as the rift between the United States...

‘Act of piracy’: World reacts to Israeli interception of Gaza aid flotilla 

30 April 2026

Israel has intercepted 22 out of the 58 aid ships travelling through international waters and bound for the besieged Gaz...

Mali crisis: Who are the key leaders to know about? 

30 April 2026

Armed violence has intensified in Mali since Saturday after an al-Qaeda-linked armed group working with separatists atta...